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Llewellyn Powers 

I Late a Representative from Maine) 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



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Sixtieth Congress 
Second Session 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
January 31, 1909 



SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
February 27, 1909 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Proceedings in the House 5 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. !> '' 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Guernsey, of Maine ' 9 

Mr. Burleigh, of Maine..- . - - '3 

Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee i8 

Mr. Cole, of Ohio =3 

Mr. Hamilton, of Michigan. _ . -5 

Mr. Hayes, of California _ . . . - - -9 

Mr. Stanley, of Kentucky - 

Mr. Fowler, of .New Jersey.. 

Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri 4" 

.M r. Swasey , of Maine 43 

Mr. Waldo, of New N'ork. . . 1 ^ 45 

Proceedings in the Senate 47 

Prayer by Rev. Edward K. Hale. 4^ 

Memorial addresses by — 

.Mr. Frye, of Maine — .^' 

Mr. Sutherland, of I tali . H 

.Mr. Smith, of Michigan. .i9 

Mr. Dixon, of Montana ^" 

.Mr. Hale, of Maine ''4 



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Death of Hon. Llewellyn Powers 



PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE 

Mii\i}.\v, December ~, igo8. 

Mr. GrKKXSEY. .Mr. vSpeakfr, it is willi regret that I rise to 
announce the death of a former .MeinlK-r of this House, Hon. 
Llewellyn Powers, and ofTer the resohilion which I send to 
the Clerk's desk. At a later day I shall ask that the House set 
apart a time for its consideration. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That tlie House has heard with prdfoiind sorniw of tlic death 
of Hon. Llewellv.v Powers, a Representative from the Slate of Ahiine. 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the uieinorv of our de- 
ceased colleague, Hon. Llewellv.n Powers, tlie House do now adjourn. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

Accordingly, at i o'clock and 2 minutes ]>. m., the House ad- 
journed until to-morrow at i 2 o'clock noon. 

S.ATtRD.w, Januaiy 16, igo'h 
Mr. Guernsey. Mr. Speaker, 1 ask imanimous consent to in- 
troduce the following order, and ask that it be read and eon- 
sidered at this time. 

The Si'E.AKEK. The gentleman from .Maine asks unanimous 
consent for the consideration of the following order, which the 
Clerk will report. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Order So. ;? 

Ordered, That there be a session of the House at 12 o'clock ni., Sunday, 
January 31, for the delivery of eulogies on the life, character, and public 



6 Proceedings in the House 

services of the Hon. I.levvellvn Powers, late :i Meinlier of this House 
from Maine. 

The vSpeaker. Without objection, the order is agreed to. 

There was no objection. 

Sunday, January jt, igog. 

The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was called to order by 
the Speaker ])ro tempore, Hon. Amos L. Allkx, Representative 
from Maine. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, 1). I)., offered the fol- 
lowing prayer : 

Our God and our Father, whose name is sacred to the heart 
of every true man and the inspiration of every noble deed, help 
us to realize that the highest service we can render to Thee is 
willing and unselfish devotion to the welfare of our fellow-men, 
which reflects itself on the pages of history, sacred and profane, 
in song and story, in monuments of bronze and granite. 

We are here to-day in memory of one who ser\ed his State 
and Nation with patriotic fidelity and devotion and has left 
behind him a record worthy of emulation. 

Inspire us with courage, zeal, and fidelity, that we niav be 
worthy and pass on to the reward of those who, true to them- 
selves, reflect in thought, word, and deed the ciiaracter of their 
Maker. 

Comfort, we pray Thee, his friends, colleagues, and titose 
near and dear to him by the bonds of kinship with the blessed 
hope of the immortality of the soul, and Thine be tiie praise 
forever, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Spkakkr pro tempore. The Clerk will read llie order for 
the day. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

On motion of Mr. Guernsey, by unanimous consent, 
"Ordered, That there be a session of the House at 12 111. Sunday, January 
31, for the delivery of eulogies on the life, character, and public services 



Proceedings in the House 7 

of the Hon. Llewellyn Powers, lale ;i Member of tliis House from 
Maine." 

Mr. Guernsey. Mr. Speaker, I send the following resoluiious 
to the desk and ask to have them read by the Clerk. 
The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That the business of the House l)e now suspended that oppor- 
tunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hem Lueweulv.n 
Powers, late a Member of this House from the State of Maine. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the 
deceased and in recognition of his distinguished pubUc career, the House, 
at the conclusion of the memorial exercises of the day, shall stand ad- 
journed. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of tliese resolutions to the family 
of the deceased. 

The resolutions were agreed to. 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Guernsey, of Maine 

Mr. Speaker: On the 28tti day of July last, an honored Mem- 
ber of this body, a distinguished citizen and former governor of 
the State of Maine, passed from the activities of this world after 
an illness of several months. 

He was, I believe, more widely and intimately known to the 
people of JIaine, whom he has of late represented in the Con- 
gress of the Ignited States, than any man who has ap])eared in 
public life in our State during tiie past forty years — the Hon. 
Llewellyn" Powers, of Houlton, Me. 

It becomes my solemn duty as the successor to Mr. I'uwKRS 
in Congress from the Fourth Congressional District of Maine to 
call attention to some of the characteristics and achievements 
of his long and active career. I first became intimately ac- 
quainted with him when he became governor of our State, and 
I soon recognized that he was a farsightefl man, of imusual 
tact, and ])ossessed unfailing judgment of men and ])ul)lic 
affairs. 

I.LiCWKLLYN POWERS was bom in Pittsfield, Somerset Countv, 
.Me., in 1836, the eldest of ten children, and of the eight boys 
six have attained distinction in the legal i)rofession, and when 
Llewellyn Powers was in acli\e practice he was regarded as 
one of the best-equipped attorneys of the Maine bar. 

His parents were of sturdy New England stock, several an- 
cestors being in the Revolutionary war. He grew up in his 
native town, and fitted for college in its common schools and 

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lo Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

Maine academies, and spent two years at Colby College, but, 
desiring to fit himself for the legal profession, he left at the end 
of two years and entered Albany Law vSchool, where he grad- 
uated. He was not forgotten by his alma mater, however, and 
in later years received honorary degrees from Colby College. 

In i860 he returned to Maine and was admitted to the bar, 
and in 1861 began at Houlton to practice his chosen profession, 
which he continued for nearly forty years. His legal ability 
was early recognized, ana he soon had a large and growing prac- 
tice, in addition to which he took up the duties of a prosecuting 
officer, being elected as attorney for the State in his county, 
which office he held for three terms. 

In 1873 he was sent to the state legislature, serving in that 
bod}' three terms, and upon leaving there was elected to the 
Forty-fifth Congress at the same election with Eugene Hale 
and William P. Frye, who have so long and honorably repre- 
sented the Commonwealth in the Senate. 

At the end of his term of office he retired to private life and 
devoted his time and attention to his legal and business inter- 
ests, except one term in the Maine legislature. 

In 1892 he was again sent to the state legislature, and served 
for three successive terms, being unanimously chosen speaker 
the last term; and in 1896 was nominated and elected governor 
of Maine, receiving the largest plurality vote ever cast for a 
gubernatorial candidate in Maine. He was chosen a second 
time as governor. 

During his legislative service in the Maine house he reported 
from an evenly divided judiciary committee, of which he was 
chairman, a bill abolishing capital punishment, and was success- 
ful in liaxing the measure become a law. Many other pieces 
of important legislation in the interest of the State might be 
mentioned, but I will not weary \ou with their recital. 



Address of Mr. Guernsey, of Mai)ie ii 

His administration as governor was one of the best that has 
ever been given the State of ^Maine. He gave to the office the 
same careful oversight that marked his private business, and 
on one occasion during the early part of the Spanish-American 
war, w-hen there was strong pressure from all over the State to 
call an extra session of the legislature to appropriate monev 
for the equipment of men and purchase supplies for the expected 
volunteer regiment, he was opposed to it on account of the large 
and needless expense to the State, and acting in accord witii 
the judgment of other conservative business men of his part\ 
refused to call the extra session, but when funds were necessary 
he advanced the large sum of monev required, and his patriotic 
and public-spirited action was approved by the next legislature, 
which refunded the money he had ad\anced from his private- 
purse. 

Soon after his retirement from the governor's chair he was 
chosen to fill out the unexpired term of the Fifty-seventh Con- 
gress occasioned by the death of Congressman Boutelle, in 1901, 
and was returned to Congress with each succeeding election, but 
he was obliged to withdraw from the renomination to the Sixtv- 
first Congress, which had been tendered him b\' acclamation b\' 
the Republican jxirty in his district, on account ol his continued 
ill health. 

His career in the National House of Representatives was 
marked by conservatism and sound business judgment in all 
matters in which he took part, and on account of his long 
experience in financial and legal matters he was always listened 
to with much attention and interest on pending questions relat- 
ing to banking and curniicy and i)roblems concerning state- 
hood for the Territories, and his fairness and courtesy in debate 
won him many friends on both sides of this Chamber. 

He was a firm believer and advocate f)f a revenue system 
which would afford protection to Anurican industries and 



12 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

vvorkingmen and give American manufacturers the preference 
in our domestic markets. 

He never posed as an orator, yet he was classed as a very 
effecfive speaker, and, with but one or two exceptions, no 
political speaker of Maine ever addressed a greater number of 
audiences during the campaigns. It seemed to be a part of his 
life to meet and mix with men and discuss the affairs of state 
and nation, and for more than thirty years he took jiart in every 
political campaign in Maine, and sometimes lent his \oice to 
campaigns in neighboring States. 

In his private life he was always regarded as the friend of the 
poor man, and many a prosperous citizen of the State has 
received his start from the kindly advice and financial assistance 
which it was their good fortune to receive from him, and it is 
said he never spurned one of his less fortunate friends of vounger 
days when they came to him for aid. 

He was a man of great tact and shrewdness and ahvavs pre- 
ferred to conciliate rather than to antagonize. 

He was a generous giver to charitable and benevolent objects, 
and it is said his donations to church organizations extended to 
almost every church which has been dedicated in the last twentv 
years in eastern Maine. 

But, i\Ir. Speaker, words of eulogy can not add to or detract 
from the fame of this or any man; so having given a brief out- 
line of the life and affairs of him who brought honor to his 
native State and district and whose service in this House was 
marked by dignity and wisdom, who was a kind and loving 
husband and father, I will close, leaving it to others to portrav 
his greatness in more eulogistic terms. 



Address of Mr. Burleigh, of Maine 13 



Address of Mr. Burlhgh, of Maine 

^Ir. Speaker: -My colleague, who so ably represents upon 
this floor the district formerly represented by our deceased 
friend, has so fully covered the salient points in his career that 
1 may well confine myself to a personal and heartfelt tribute 
growing out of the cherished memories of an acquaintance and 
friendship. extending over a period of more than forty years. 

I first made the acquaintance of Li.Ewhi.i.vn Powers in 1861, 
when, a vear after his graduation from the Albany l'ni\ersit\ 
Law School, he came to Iloulton, the shire town of the great 
count V of Aroostook, to enter upon the practice of his profes- 
sion. I was living at the time in an adjoining town, where I 
was born. Very well do 1 recall the appearance of Mr. 
Powers at that time, and the rapidity with which he impressed 
his strong and masterful personality u])on the community. 
Young, affable, of splendid physique, alert of body and of 
mind, an indefatigable worker, he brought to his labors rare 
qualities of leadership and the elements that win success in 
the practice of the law. He combined with marked powers of 
concentration a wonderful capacity for close and sustained 
application. He not only had a comprehensive and thorough 
grasp of legal principles, but he jiossessed, moreover, the 
ability to detect at once the weak point in the case of opposing 
counsel, and the aggressive force to make the most of it. Like 
Ulysses of old, he was "full of resources." Few men in the 
history of the Maine bar have ecpialed him in the ability to so 
marshal the strong points in his case as to make them carry 
conviction to the minds of a jury. 



14 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

But it was not alone in his profession, where he speedily 
built up a large and lucrative practice, that he attained dis- 
tinction. Born on a pioneer farm, the eldest of a large family, 
he was forced from boyhood to be the architect of his own 
fortunes, and yet he did not enter into the competitions of 
life devoid of capital. He was peculiarly rich in the qualities 
that command success, in the full vigor of a splendid physical 
and intellectual strength, in abounding health, in self-confidence 
to meet and conquer the difficulties that confronted him, and 
in a personal magnetism that speedily drew about him a wide 
circle of devoted and admiring friends. There was in the 
make-up of Mr. Powers no trace of snobbery or affectation. 
He was all his life in close and sympathetic touch with the 
plain people. Warm-hearted, cordial, and genuine in his deal- 
ings with those about him, he constantly ex-tended the circle of 
his friendships. It was a real pleasure for him to meet old 
acquaintances and make new ones. His instincts were social. 
He loved the companionship of his fellow-men, and few there 
were who could resist the rare charm of his personality. As 
he came and went he had a cordial word of greeting for every- 
one he met. He looked out u])on life with the spirit of an 
optimist, and from the depths of his own frank and generous 
nature radiated an atmosphere of hope and cheer upon those 
about him. 

His own pioneer training stood him in good stead and sjie- 
cially tittid him for leadership in the coniiiuuiilv with which he 
had cast his lot. The great country of Aroostook of that day 
was onlv in tin- early stages of the splendid development that 
has since been achieved there. It was then a pioneer commu- 
nity, and it is doubtful if its own citizens had more than a 
vague eonce])tion of its vast resources still waiting the hand of 
development. A large part of its splendid domain, now covered 
with rich and fertile farms, was then a \irgin forest. All over 



Address of Mr. Burleigh, of Maine 15 

it men were engaged in the slow, laborious work of reclaiming 
the wilderness to the uses of husbandry. Among the hardy, 
industrious people of this communit\- Mr. Powers soon won the 
distinction of admitted leadership, both at the bar and in its 
political life. He served for six years, with notable success, as 
count V attorney, and for four years as collector of customs, de- 
clining a tendered reappointment. Then followed a membership 
in tlie Maine house of representatives for three consecutive 
sessions, during which hi- took a conspicuous part in its proceed- 
ings and made a name for himself all over the State. In 1876 
he was elected Representative to Congress from the Fourth 
Maine District and ser\'ed out his term with a degree of dis- 
tinction not often vouchsafed to new Members. He was renomi- 
nated bv acclamation in 1878, but was defeated, in 'common with 
other Republican candidates, by the so-called " Greenback wave" 
that rolled over the State in the election of that year. 

In 1883 Mr. Powers again represented his home town in the 
State legislature, following which he was for a number of years 
out of personal politics, devoting his time and energies to the 
practice of his profession and the management of his large and 
growing timber-land interests. 

In 1892, vielding to the earnest solicitalion of his friends, he 
was once more elected to the State house of representatives, 
where he speedily became recognized as the Republican leader. 
He was returned to the house in 1895, and was unanimously 
chosen as its speaker, in which jjosition he further strengthened 
his strong hold upon the ])eople of his State. 

In the summer of 1S96 he was nominated for governor of 
Maine by acclamation, and elected the following September by 
a record-breaking majority. 

It was mv ])rivilege to be closely associated wilh him in his 
canvass for the gubernatorial nomination, which lerminated so 
favorablv to him, and to see him in new lights. What ]jarticu- 



i6 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

larly impressed me at that time was his large and tolerant 
spirit and his willingness to overlook and forget present and 
past differences. ■ He seemed to be singularly incapable of har- 
boring personal or politicar animosities. He looked calnilv out 
upon the situation in a broad and generous way, without jeal- 
ousies and without recrimination. What impressed his friends 
at all times was the attitude of absolute fairness which he 
maintained toward those who at first were not favorablv dis- 
posed to his candidacy. It was this spirit, I know, which ulti- 
mately made it possible for him to secure without opposition 
the high honor he sought. His record during the two terms he 
served as governor of Maine was a notable one. He brought 
to the many and exacting duties of the office the same calm 
judgment, firm purpose, and clear grasp of affairs that had won 
him eminence in other walks of life. The result was a record 
in administration in the highest degree creditable to himself and 
to his State. 

I shall not undertake to enlarge upon his distinguished career 
as a JMember of this House. Others who will speak here to-day, 
and who were more closely associated with him in its work, are 
far better qualified to do that. In paying this small tribute to 
m\ late colleague and friend of many years, I am impressed anew 
with a sense of ihe uncertaint\' of life. I-'our of the distin- 
guished Jlembers of this House from the vState of Maine with 
whom it has been my privilege to serve on this floor have laid 
down the burdens of life and crossed that mysterious border 
line that separates time from eternity. Truly — 

Death rides on every passing breeze. 
He lurks in every llower. 

In the diath of Li.i;wi;i.i.vN' PowiCRs his State and his country 
lost a man of large nmlil, whn had in a marked degree the high 
ciualilies that win success both in private and in public life. 
Genial, tactful, untiring, he stood always in the open, having in 



Address of Mr. Burleiqh, oj Maine 17 

full measure, at all times and in all plaet-s, the eoiirage of Ins 
convietions. He was called to high places of [wwer and respon- 
sibility in the public service, and out of the fullness of his 
strength was able to discharge every duty that devolved u[)ou 
him with signal ability and success. He performed well his 
part in the busy world of affairs. His work is ended. He is at 
rest. His death is sincerely mourned by a host of warm friends 
and admirers, who watched with interest his rise to influence 
in his State and in the Nation, and who fell a deep and an 
abiding pride in his distinguished career. 

Leaves have their time to fall, 
And flowers to wither at the north-wiiifl's lirealh, 

And stars to set; but all, 
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O IJeathI 
781J5 — H Doe. 151J, 60-j 2 



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Address of Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee 

Mr. Speaker : I rarely ever engage in a memorial ser\'ice. 
1 have made it a rule of my life to tell my friend of his golden 
characteristics while he lives. That may, as intended, give 
him some joy. It does me. I think that that is a much better 
rule than to wait until after he is dead and gone. But after 
his demise it is well to speak of his strong and valuable charac- 
teristics, that we as individuals, as a people, and as a Republic 
may profit by it. If the deceased had any faults, I never 
knew them. 

I knew Governor Powers intimately from the time he ap- 
peared as a Member of the Fifty-seventh Congress. His strik- 
ing personality first attracted my attention. He was a man of 
large frame, large head, covered with a heavy shock of hair, 
crowning a thoughtful and e.xpressive face. He showed every 
appearance of a delightful, social, generous, and thoughtful 
man. I knew him more intimately socially than I did in the 
House. I was thrown willi him very frei|uently, almost daily, 
after the House adjourned. 

He was very resourceful in conversation and in debate. With 
a wonderful fund of infoniiation upon most every subject, 
he was at ease with anyone anywhere. He was gifted in the 
knowledge of statecraft. His life was spent mostly as a public 
servant, and happy have been the results of his splendid stew- 
ardship. In these respects he was a very remarkable man. 

You have but to recall the places of trust that he so well 
filled amongst his own people and in the Nation to be llioroughly 
convinced that lie must have been a most useful man in every 
sphere of life. 



Address of Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee 19 

He was born in 1S36. He was one of ten children. There 
were eight bovs, six of whom, we are informed, achieved dis- 
tinction. We know that he did. I was talking with him one 
evening about the able supreme court thqt the State of Maine 
nearly always had, and alluded to some particular opinion, 
which, as I remember, I had used in a debate in Congress, and 
asked him if he knew the Judge Powers of that court who 
wrote the opinion, and in a modest way, but with a loyal pride, 
with sunshine beaming in his face, he told me he was his brother. 

If he had a weakness, it was his extreme modesty at all times. 

He was educated in the common schools, in the academies, 
and attended a university, which afterwards honored him. 
He then graduated in law from the Albany Law School, and 
came to the bar in i860. He soon demonstrated his legal 
abilitv and his affability, and won the people, for in a short 
while they elected him as attorney for the State in his county. 
He was reelected, ser\-ing three terms, from 1864 to 187 1. He 
was then appointed customs officer and ser^-ed four years. In 
the trying year of 1873 he was elected to the legislature. He 
was reelected, serving three terms. He was then elected to the 
Forty-fifth Congress, thirty years ago. He served in the House 
one term, and retired to take up his private affairs. He again 
served in the legislature, a rather unusual thing to do, Mr. 
Speaker, after ser\ang in Congress; but that showed that he 
loved his neighbors, and wanted to build up his State. 

Again, in 1892, he was sent to the legislature. He ser\-ed 
three terms. He was unanimously elected speaker the last 
term. Thus honors were heaped upon him. Then he was 
elected governor in the noted campaign of 1896. He was re- 
elected governor, and must have made — and I am informed 
(lid make — one of the best executives that great State ever had, 
and Maine has always been noted for her great i)ublie servants, 



20 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyu Powers 

many of whom I have personally known, of whom we fre- 
quently speak and from whom we often (jiiote. I shall not 
. stop to recite their names. 

When the Spanish war began, I belie\e he was governor; and 
the question of equipping, so as to send promptly to the front, 
the patriotic volunteers of Maine was a question of dollars 
and cents, with the legislature not in session and no public 
funds available. 

Being a man of large means, which he had accumulated bv 
the sweat of his own face; being patriotic, as I think he always 
was, he opened his own purse and promptly equipped the 
troops. The legislature, appreciating his patriotic act, promptly 
indorsed his public-spirited act by refunding the money. 

He was next elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, succeed- 
ing Mr. Boutelle, a distinguished Member of this body for 
manv vears. He was elected to the Fifty-eighth, the Fifty- 
ninth, and the Sixtieth Congresses, declined a renomination, 
and died in Iul\, ic^oS. I personally know that hv did not 
wish to come back even to the Sixtieth Congress, but he said 
to me: "If mv people want me to ser\-e them, I shall obey 
their will." 

We often "paired, " but he never broke faith, through pres- 
sure, to change the ]>air in a trying struggle and vote. "They 
pressed me mightily, my bow but I kejU my word with you." 
How heroic, how honorable, that. 

Here is about thirty-seven years of actual, otlicial service, 
and 1 ha\e not seen, even in the partisan press, at an\ time, a 
single uncomplimentary criticism of any of his public acts. 

That, ^Ir. vSpeaker, speaks well of the man as a man and of 
liis high sense of duty, thoroughly believing, as he did, that a 
"public office is a trust," as the Supreme Court of the United 
States said many years ago. 



Address oj Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee 21 

He was a man oi deep convictions. He did his own thinkini; 
and he decided for himself, always havin.t; a keen sense of jus- 
tice and feeling for the masses. I remember an instance here 
on the floor of this House, showing the strength of the man's 
character and his i)ower to discriminate; and for the purjwse 
of showing vou his keen sense of justice and "where his heart 
was," I shall <iuote his words 'from the Record. 

There was a bill pending in this House for reimbursing per- 
sons for customs duties paid under a rather lax protest on some 
building material — steel products. 

His questions were serious and searching: 

Mr. Powers. I want to ask the gentleman two <ir three questions so 
that I may be belter able to vote intelligently on the bill. 

******* 

Mr. Powers. How many years does it show they were paying this 
extra duty of 15 per cent? 

Answer. Four years. 

Mr. Powers. .\nd these men paid llu- duly? 

.\ns\ver. Yes, sir. 

Mr. Powers. The duty was added to the cost? 

Answer. I can not tell you that. 

Mr. Powers. And they used the steel and inanufaciured it, and we 
poor fellows paid the price, and so did the peo])le all over the country? 
******* 

I think we mav fairly presume that they (the claimants, or im- 
porters) charged their customers the additional duty, and that the con- 
sumers, rather than the importers, are the persons out of the pockets 
of whom the additional duty has to come. 

Then he was asked by a Member — Republican — whom he had been 
questioning all this time, this embarassing ([ueslion: "Vou [Mr. Powers] 
think, as a protectionist, that the consumer always pays the duly? 

Mr. Powers. I think that when you import an article and add 4s 
per cent duty, that you sell it for 4i ])er cent more than you would if 
you did not pay the duty. 

He was again interrupted by his Keptiblican friend, and .Mi 

Powers in reply said : 

I do not know if the gentleman gets my idea. If the im])i>rter adds 
the price of duty to the article, the consumer has to pay that additional 
price, and so the cemsunier pays the duty, and not the importer. 



22 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

Then, another Republican Member exclaimed: 

That is good Democratic doctrine. 

Now, here is the point of my reference. Mr. Powers, not tin- 

least disconcerted, instantly replied: 

It is a pretty fair doctrine. I say that the consumer pays the addi- 
tional duty if he can not buy it at a less rate in the market. 

He was known at that time on both sides of the House as a 
"standpatter," Mr. Speaker; but I sa}' he had a keen sense 
of justice, and with both heart and head decided matters, par- 
ticularly when they reached down to the fireside of the masses 
and home building in this country. 

He was as loyal to his party and to party creed in a purely 
partisan contest as any man, I think, in Congress, but fostered 
his own judgment and individuality. 

If you will recur to the hearings of the Banking and Currency 
Committee, you will discover, though rich in years and a sick 
man, that he was almost regularly present and took an active 
and inquisitive part in the grave and great consideration that 
was given the currency question by that committee during the 
last past session of Congress. 

He was an indulgent husband. It was always a sunny day 
and starry night to him when his wife and children adorned his 
presence here in Washington. I have seen him meet them with 
tenderness and pride. I have seen him pained to jiarl with the 
little ones as they returned to school. These scenes were notice- 
able, beautiful, and refining. 

It is well that he lived. He fought life's battle well. 

Llewellyn G. Powers was most useful to home, to Slate, and 
to the Re])ublic. 

Mr. Speaker, his motto nuist have been, as oins should be, 
"Country, God, and truth." 



Address of Mr. Cole, of Ohio 23 



Address of Mr. Cole, of Orao 

Mr. Speaker: I am grateful indeed for the opportunity of 
paving tribute to the memory of Governor Powers. It was my 
good fortune to serve with him on the Territories Committee, 
and I early fonned a high opinion of his ability and character. 
His consideration for the rights of new Members soon won for 
him a permanent place in their esteem. 

Governor Powers was a product of the State of Maine, and 
is trulv tvpical of the manhood of that great Commonwealth. 
Maine's contribution to the grandeur of this Republic is uni- 
versallv recognized. Her citizens have ever fought for the 
triumph of right. Her statesmen had championed with com- 
manding power the cause of human freedom. The patriotism 
of her people is an imposing fact in the Nation's history. In 
the judgment of her sister States, Maine stands for manhood — 
pure, noble, and exalted. 

Governor Powers, in both private and ]nihlic life, has lieen 
^true to the best traditions of his native State. 

Nature bequeathed to him rare endowments of heart and 

mind. These were his sole reliance in life's contest. Fortunate 

is he so richly endowed of resources so royal. He carved out 

his own career unassisted. He conquered by his courage, and 

through years of toil succeeded. Hnierson says: 

Sculpture in its truest sense is historj-; and the sculptor chisels character 
from marble. F.very trait recorded by the artist is lirst seen in real life. 

The master hand of an unseen Sculi)tor carves character in 

the human form and face. With strict lidelily, true to each trait 

the lines are drawn. We have noted the potency of that truth 

in him whose memory we honor. The \ery form and expression 

of his face, deep furrowed with thought and care, displays great 



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strength and character. Resistance to circumstance, true meas- 
ure of man's worth, is recorded there. The austere virtues by 
Bryant to purest gold compared were fadelessly impressed. 
Resolution was written there by an invincible will. Deep en- 
graven was his determination to achieve high purposes. No 
mark of dishonor marred its rugged grandeur. There is no line 
typifying failure. 

High intelligence, strict integrity, and imposing personality 
are qualities which the public seldom fail to recognize. He was 
chosen chief executive of the State of Maine. His name stands 
undimmed in that galaxy of magnificent men. He came with 
exceptional equipment to the discharge of duty as a national 
lawmaker. Laurels gathered in other fields of endeavor are of 
little note in this House. Here is found equality of merit. 
Demonstrated capacity to do is the only rule of recognition. 
The jjretender is denied preferment. This unyielding rule 
proved no bar to his progress. He had measured every ui)ward 
step in life by that same standard. 

All his time and talent were devoted to his work. He com- 
prehended the broader questions of national policy, but neg- 
lected not the trying details of lesser concerns. He was faithful 
in all things; negligent in none. He was sound in judgment,' 
safe in council, fearless in action. The character of his serv- 
ices in the House of Representatives has won for him t he- 
respect and admiration of his fellow-Members, and entitles him 
to enduring remembrance as a faithful and capable public serv- 
ant. His life is a splendid illustration of the i)ossibilities of 
young- American manhood. Under our system of free institu- 
tions there are no heights of human achievement to which he 
may not aspire. 

So near is grandeur to our dust, 

So near is God to man, 
Wlien Duty wliispers low, Thou must. 

The vouth rci)lies, I canl 



Address of Mr. Hamilton, oj Michigan 



Address of Mr. Hamilton, of MionGAN 

Mr. Speaker: Llewellyn Powers was my friend. Wt- 
were associated in legislative work upon the Committee on the 
Territories, and in his ser\^iee upon that committee he impressed 
upon its legislation the stamp of his mature judgment and 
experience. 

He was bom in Maine in 1836, and he loved the soil of his 
native State. His name will always have a place among Maine's 
most distinguished men, and to be among Maine's distinguished 

men is high honor. 

He was county attorney, collector of customs, member of the 
Maine legislature, speaker of the Maine house of representa- 
tives, governor, and Representative in Congress. 

With him faculty went with opportunity, and he was what 
the world calls a successful man — successful in business, sue 
cessful in politics. 

Whatever his hand found to do, he did it with his might, 
but at last his health failed, and one day he bade me good-by, 
stood for a moment watching reflectively the business of a busy 
session, which I think he had a premonition he was quitting 
forever, then went awa\' (^ut of it all. 

The House of Representatives, to which he first came in ICS76, 
and then again in 1901 to serve until his death, with its shift- 
mg membership, its varying types, its ambitions, and its fail- 
ures, is not only representative politically and socially of our 
civilization, but it is a stage, typical of human life, across which 
some pass quickly, upon which some few linger, but from wiiich 
most depart, having accomplished little of what lhe\ hoped fm 



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Here, as elsewhere, some sho\v\- talent frequently succeeds, 
while sober diligence seldom receives its due reward. 

There are waits between acts; administrations come and go; 
new messages arrive from new Presidents; but the curtain is 
never finally rung down, and "when you and I behind the veil 
have passed," others will crowd upon our footsteps. 

Even,' man arrives here more or less a legislative experiment, 
and anv dream that he may have had about his work holding 
his name forever above "the flood of years" suffers a change. 
His identity becomes merged with that of many others in 
connection with some policy which ma\- or ma>- not survive to 
become a part of histor>- on which the a>es and noes were 
called. 

Down on the Avenue a blear-eyed old man on sunshiny days 
sits in front of his secondhand book store, smoking his pipe, 
and waiting while the feculent dust of the street blows in, and 
we go by on our way to the Capitol on the hill to help to make 
more history to be sold at secondhand. 

And some men have made great noise and vociferation here 
on the hill; some have even become famous, but the dust of 
the street will after a time blow over their works sold at sec- 
ondhand, just as it has blown over the works of thousands who 
have gone before them. 

But the curtain is never fmally rung down here. When it is, 
there will be an end of popular government. 

Out of the stress and rush and rivalry of this scene l.i.icwEU- 
LYN Powers went the way of all flesh— prince, peasant, harle- 
cjuin, and sage — beckoned b>- a hooded figure in the wings. 

He had finished his work. Whether he was satisfied with it 
or not depends upon his ideals. 

l-'ew men are satisfied with what they accomplish. C'.eorge 
Frederick Watts spoke of his paintings as "only studies for the 
picture that might have been." 



Address of Mr. Hamilton, oj Michigan 27 

Bacon says: 

If a man medilaU- iiiucli upon the universal frame i>i nature, llit earth 
with men upon it — the divineness of the soul excepted — will not seem 
nuich other than an ant hill, where some ants carry corn and some carry 
their voung, and all go lo and fro, a little heap of dust. 

Bacon's exception — "the divineness of the soul" — is the onh' 
element that makes the ant heap explainable. 

If the reasoii of life is that life shall reproduce itself, rim its 
short course, and then die, then life is a tragedy, and the greater 
the intelligence, the greater the tragedy. 

The acquisition of knowledge, the development of character 
under discipline of circumstance only ser\e to educate a keener 
consciousness of the stinginess of happiness and the opulence 
of misery. 

But the soul idea gives ]iurposc to existence and dignity to 
effort. 

No philosophy will ever satisfy men which can not Ihrmv a ])lank across 
the grave. 

If the hope of continued, conscious existence after death ever 
fades out of humanity, then the light will have gone out of the 
world; the deepest inspiration to right living will have gone out 
of human conduct, and human existence will have become a 
meanmgless tragedy. 

With that hope we are on a journey toward sujierlative issues. 

With that hope we are as much in eternity now as we ever 
shall be, and every day is a part of the exolution of a ])erson 
ality being trained for a higher destiny. 

That hope transforms Bacon's ant heap and glorifies htiman 
endeavor. 

Mr. Bryce, in his American Connnonweallh, says: 

Sometimes, standing in the midst of a great American Commonwealth, 
one is startled by the thought of what might befall this huge yet dehcate 
fabric of laws and commerce and social institutions were the foundations 
it has rested on to crumble away. Suppose that all these men ceased to 



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believe there was any power above them, any future l)eforc llieni, any- 
thing in heaven or earth but what their senses told them of. 

Llewellyn Powers perfonned his duty to his State and to 
the Nation loyally and honestly. He was courageous, manly, 
loyal in his friendships, strong in his likes, strong in his dislikes, 
and never a waverer. He had keen zest in the pursuit of his 
business, the practice of his profession, and the jx-rformance of 
his political and official duties. 

He died a manly, upright man wlio had used the talents given 
him to the best of his ability. 



Address of Mr. Hayes, of California 29 



Address of Mr. Hayes, of Caufornia 

Mr. vSpeaker: It seems to iiie uidsI I'lltiiig that when Ilu- 
scenes of strife and confusion whicli usually fill this Chamber 
have been succeeded b\- the Sabbath cjuiet we should put aside 
the ordinar\ activities and thoughts of the world and spend a 
little time in meditating upon the virtues and conduct of those 
of our colleagues who have penetrated the great beyond. 

The great Giver of Life has so ordered things that after the 
allotted years that man spends in the activities and strife of 
this world he should pass on to another state of existence, where, 
no doubt, he will tind new conditions and new opportunities 
for the exercise of all those powers which his schooling in this 
world has developed. Our fellow-laborer, Llewellyx Powers, 
after a life of great activity and usefulness in business and 
the public ser\4ce, has made this change. We can not pene- 
trate the veil and discover what his [present condition may be. 
It onlv remains for us to think of and talk over his useful life 
and derive such lessons and strength from it as we ma\-. 

When I entered the Fifty-ninth Congress, I at once came into 
close relationship with Llewellyn Powers as a member of 
the Committee on Banking and Currencx', of which he also was 
an old and active member. I should say that the strongest 
elements in his character were his absolute independence, his 
self-reliance, his boldness and fearlessness in defending those 
things that he conceived to be right and for the highest inter- 
ests of his countrv, and attacking fierceh- those things that lie 
judged wrong or ill-advised. 

Rut the legislative warfare of .Mr. Powers was never per- 
sonal; it never had any bitterness in it. While he respected 



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the opinions of his fL-llovvs, while he freely yielded to them the 
same right of individual judgment and action which he claimed 
for himself, he did his own thinking; he made up his mind 
without much reference to the opinions of his fellows. After 
careful research and investigation, after informing himself as 
thoroughly as circumstances would permit, and having made 
up his mind upon any matter, he was like adamant; he could 
not be moved nor swerved from his purpose to be loyal to his 
own convictions by personal considerations, selfish suggestions, 
or any ulterior motive whatever. For these characteristics in 
his life I admired LlEWELlyn Powers while he was among us ; 
I revere his memory now that he has passed from us, and 1 am 
glad of this opportunity to testify to my appreciation of his 
strength as a legislator, to his strict honesty, and his unfailing 
courtesy to all his brother Members of this House. 

The people of his district evidently knew of his sterling 
characteristics, appreciated his honesty and unselfish devotion 
to their interests, and his character as a man at their full value, 
and kept him here many years as their Representative. His 
service in this House has honored them as well as himself, and 
in his death the House has lost one of its most conscientious, 
industrious, and able Members, his district a Representative 
of the first order, and his country a statesman and patriot. 

Mr. Powers was not what would be called a religious man. 
His mind was of that practical turn which was interested in 
and busied itself with all the business and material acii\ities 
of life; but he had a simple child-like trust, and 1 have no doubt 
that as he went down into the dark \:illev he could say in 
truth with the great poet of humanity, 

I know not where His islands lift 

Their fronded palms- in air; 
1 only know I can not drift 

Beyond His love and care. 



Address of Mr. Hayes, of California 31 

If it be given to those who have entered the great beyond to 
have memory of the deeds done in the body and to know of the 
results of the Hfe they led here, surely satisfaction must I'lll 
the heart of our brother in the realms above when he thinks of 
the useful and stainless life which he led in this world. Let us 
emulate his virtues; and while recognizing that Hke all hu- 
manity he had his frailties and failings, we can not do better 
than to follow in his footsteps in our ser\-ice in this Chamber, 
and strive as he strove, with singleness of heart, to uphold that 
which is right, to fight with courage and persistence against 
that which is wrong in legislation, and to do our part in bring- 
ing the country which we all \o\x up to a full realization of 
its highest ideals. 



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Address of Mr. Stanley, of KENTuav 

Mr. Speaker ; Llewellyn Puwers was the scion of a martial 

race. Beneath the gentleness of his mien, the modesty of his 

mannt-r, there was easily discernible the stalwart strength and 

the unfaltering courage that under other circumstances would 

have made a warrior. 

The elements 
So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up 
And say to all the world, "This was a man!" 

And the elements were so mixed as not only to make a model 
man, but a typical legislator. He came of a family of lawyers, 
too. It was not necessary to read his biography to know that 
Llewellyn Powers was not only a jurist, but that he possessed 
fundamentally a judicial mind, clear, lucid, strong, practical. 
It was natural that such a man should become a lawmaker. It 
was fortunate for his people that he was so long intrusted with 
the great responsibilities which lie discharged with such signal 
fideHty. 

At this time we can look back over the career of this remark- 
able man with pecidiar pleasure and peculiar reverence. He 
possessed liiat rare quality that (libbon has ajitl)' ])()rtra\e<I in 
Antonirms Pius — equanimity. It is necessary in a lawmaker, 
it is essential to a successful executive. This man did not seek 
the limelight. He was in no sense spectacular. Appreciating 
and deserving the confidence of the people, he sought their 
sober approval rather than their hilarious applause. He was 
not deterred by popular clamor. He was not intoxicated by 
fulsome praise. These qualities made him a great governor. 



Address of Mr. Stanley, of Kentticky 33 

Thi; phenomenal, the unprecedented niajorilN' which he re- 
ceived when a candidate for that high office indicated the confi- 
dence of his people, their unalterable faith in a man whom 
they had known so long and whom they had tried in so many, 
so varied, and responsible positions. And from my knowledge 
of the legislator and the man, it is with ])eculiar jjleasure that I 
can contemplate him as the chief executive of a great Common- 
wealth. Fearless, possessing that serene courage that is not 
even conscious of danger, is not even conscious of its own fear- 
lessness, any more than a saintly woman thinks of her sinless- 
ness or virtue, it was a matter of course; firm as adamant, vet 
without stubbornness, modest, willing to hear, possessing that 
humilit)' that always accompanies deep thought and great 
learning. 

A good listener, conscious of his own fallibility, careful, con- 
siderate, patient in research, he at last reached his own conclu- 
sion; and when convinced of the rectitude and the wisdom of 
his action, no consideration of interest or fear could move him. 
There was a clamor in his own State, as there is clamor in e\erv 
State when we stand upon the ])recipitous Ijrink of war, and he 
turned a deaf ear to his critics, and then secured the end for 
which the\' boldly complained b\- the \-oluntary sacrifice of his 
private fortune. 

He came into this House rich in honor and in e.\i)erience. 
Without seeking the position, he discharged its duties with 
patipnce, with diligence, and with marked ability. 

Back again to the practice of the great profession that he 
loved and honored he displayed his signal disinterestedness, his 
earnest desire to serve his people and do their bidding. Having 
been a Member of Congress, he became again a member of the 
state legislature. It is a simple incident, but it is a strong 
light upon character. I know nothing that indicates to my 

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mind more conclusively the self-abnegating patriotism of Thomas 
Jefferson than his willingness, his continual willingness, when- 
ever the exigencies of the occasion or his sense of duty de- 
manded, to lay aside the so-called "high honors" that encircle 
the brow of a man who has bgen chosen by his constituency to 
represent them in this Chamber, and to return to what by many 
are considered the smaller duties and the modest emoluments of 
a member of the state legislature. 

He did it because he believed it was best for his State; and 
it is a pity, Mr. Speaker, it is to be regretted that more men 
rich in experience, in honor, beyond even the suspicion of per- 
sonal ambition, do not return to their state legislatures and give 
to those bodies the benefit of splendid talents and long experi- 
ence. Were it done, this atrophying of the authority and the 
power of the States, this failure of the state governments to 
exercise all the power and the authority that was conferred 
upon them by the Constitution, to preser^-e intact and in full 
their autonomv and their equilibrium in this constellation of 
States called the "Federal Government," would not be so mani- 
fest or so universally lamented. 

In the state legislature, as in the Federal Congress, the modest 
work of LlEwellvx Powers was soon recognized. He was 
made speaker and, as I have said, governor. 

There is another characteristic of tliis man which will be 
long remembered, and remembered most pleasantly, not by 
those who simply hear his name on the tongue of rumor or 
from the trump of fame, but those who are near to him. His 
humanity is a precious heritage to friends and to kindred. He 
was a great combination of head and heart. Humanity marked 
every consideration. He was strong, but he was not stern or 
cruel. It was a strange mixture of strength and gentleness. 
He felt for the fallen. 



Address of Mr. Stanley, of Kentucky. 35 

He souglit to lift the burikn from tin- Ixnved back of toil, 
to alleviate pain, and even tin- criminal lu- spared, so far as his 
dutv to the State and the safety of sociel\- would permit. 

Mr. Powers abhorred capital punishment, lie hesitated to 
take human life wherever it was found. He possessed that same 
humanity, that feeling for a brother's wrong as though that 
brother were his own, although they were only members of llje 
same great family, and the brother was a stranger, bound to 
him bv no bond of blood or creed or interest. At a time when 
this Nation was divided against itself, when "hate raged to flesh 
its fangs in hostile hearts," he won the admiration of his foes. 

He was not sectional. He was not narrow. To be sectional 
and to be narrow is, in a sense, Mr. Speaker, to be cruel. The 
secret of the liberality of his mind is to be found in the good- 
ness and tenderness of his great heart. 

This brave, truthful, serene, modest, heroic man faced the 
grim destroyer, faced the untold mysteries of the beyond, and 
embarked upon that sea whose nether shores are eternity, with 
the same courage, with the same cynscientiousness of his recti- 
tude with which he met the duties of llu- day, and we have 
everv reason to believe that he, upon his awakening, we know 
not where or how, shall still, void of fear and reproach, adorn 
a brighter and a higher and a happier sphere. 



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Address of Mr. Fowler, of New Jersey 

Mr. Speaker: I want to speak only of my personal relation- 
ship with Mr. Powers and the development of his character as 
it revealed itself to me in rny committee. He came onto the 
Committee on Banking and Currency immediately after his 
entrance into Congress. For about eight years we sat together. 
I well recall the impression that he first made upon me — that 
of a rather surly and stubborn man. As time went on I dis- 
covered that he was always present at meetings, and often 
when there were no committee meetings. This brought us into 
frequent companionship. We had many long conversations, 
and it de\-eloped into a sort of personal relationship. I was 
not, of course, long in finding out that he was a man of thor- 
ough education, indeed, of ripe learning; and that he was not 
merelv a student and scholar, of which he often gave evidence 
bv quotations from the classics, but a business man of wide 
experience and rare acumen. He told me at one time that he 
had continued to study the classics long after he had finished 
his college course, which was evidenced by these frequent 
recitals. 

Hut Li.i'WKi.i.vx Powers was a far better thinker than he 
was a student. He was a man of logical mind, and a man of 
such comprehensive mental grasj} that he could keep the whole 
array of facts before him and arrive at conclusions which he 
could stongly defend. He was a man of intellectual honesty. 
He never deceived himself by counting an inunalerial fact of 
greater value or force than it ought to have. 

He had a highly judicial mind and would ha\e made a great 
judge. His mind was keen, discriminating, just. He was a 



Address of Mr. Fowler, of New Jersey 37 

man of perfect composure, of balance of mind, and in any dis- 
cussion, however intense it became, he never seemed to lose 
the sense of fairness to his fellows; and whenever in the course 
of discussion he found that some one disclosed a lara;er view 
and more thorough study, he had that breadth of view and 
generositv of consideration to waive his own impressions in 
favor of what he believed was the more thorough understand- 
ing of his opponent. 

I learned to think of him as a sweet character; not a single 
stinging word ever dropped from his tongue, and yet he was 
alwavs strong, firm, steadfast, and persistent in the conclu- 
sions to which he had arrived after study and thoughtful 
deliberation. 

I well remember one instance that was so peculiarly char- 
acteristic of his fair-mindedness. .\It hough he had been for 
years of a certain opinion upon a given ciueslion — indeed, jjcr- 
sistent in his defense of it, unvarying in the complexion of his 
view with regard to it, after a restatement of the case, even in 
the very last session of Congress and upon one of the very last 
davs that he appeared in our committee, he referred to the 
restatement with a degree of interest that was marked in him — 
for he never showed that he was moved to any great degree — 
that he was deeply impressed, and \inually changed his alti- 
tude, saying: 

I loave believed this all my life, but I have cnine to llie coiichisinn tliat 
I have been old-fo(jyish with regard to it. 

And so it was with him always. 

He was simple, he was true, he was intellectually honest, he 
was self-respecting, he was self-reliant. He was deeply and 
profoundly a patriotic man, as I understand it. As I came to 
know him thoroughly and comprehended him, I discovered he 
was as proud of our country as any man I e\er knew. He 
was proud of Maine; he was proud of the many great men 



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Maine had produced; he was proud of the fact that he was one 
of a family that had made its name respected; he was proud of 
the county in which he hved, and his little town. Often did he 
discourse upon the great county of Aroostook and of what it 
produced. He was not only proud of the family of which he 
was one of the sons, but he was proud of his own children. 

The life of Llewellyn Powers is typical of the best citizen- 
ship we have in this country. He was essentially self-made. 
Always devoted to every public duty, he was equally devoted 
to his private affairs. There was no detail so small or any 
consideration so slight in matters of legislation as ever to be 
brushed aside with indifference; and to him it came to he our 
invariable habit in our committee to look when discussing a 
close question and hunting for exact expressions for precise 
legislative language. This was because he had not only great 
ability and training, but because we could rely upon his intel- 
lectual integrity and discriminating judgment. 

So that, as time went on, the man that I first looked upon as 
stubborn became simply a great, strong character, mingled, as 
has been happily said, with a pecuHar simplicity and sweetness. 
I admired him; I liked him; and I confess to a feeling that I 
have for few men. I came toward the last years of my asso- 
ciation with Llewellyn Powers to hold him in affection. After 
all, when you say that a man is intellectually honest — and so 
define character — it is indeed, all there is of us. Character is 
a thing that is left in the world to impress the force of a 
human soul on those who come after us. It is only a possi- 
bility that as we pass away from the world it may have been 
improved, made a little better, a little more advanced, lifted a 
trifle above the plane it was when the soul entered. But cer- 
tain it is there was nothing in the career of Llewellyn Powers 
that his hand ever touched, that his mind ever recast, that was 



Address 0} Mr. Fowler, of New Jersey 39 

not ill a verv marked degree improved and embellished by the 

fact that his mind had come in contact with il. And so I can 

fittingly recall this beautiful verse; 

And wlien the stream 
Which overflowed the soul was passed away, 
A consciousness remained that it had left 
De|X)sited upon the silent shore 
Of memory images and precious thoughts 
That shall not die, and can not be destroyed. 



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Address of Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri 

Mr. Speaker: Governor Powers was an unusual man in 
many ways. He possessed a good intellect, a strong will power, 
and was of aflfable and courteous manner. He was always 
pleasant and attractive in conversation and forceful and prac- 
tical in public speech. 

He was decided in his convictions of right and wrong and 
determined to do right as he saw it. He was considerate of 
the views of others and recognized the right of another to differ 
from him. His long connection with public service and varied 
experiences in official position made him unusualU helpful in 
legislation. Few men had a better grasp on current needs and 
practical remedies than he. He was a partisan in politics, but 
an independent thinker on all public questions. A man of 
wealth, but of the greatest simplicity in manner and dress. He 
was always approachable and could be reached by the humblest 
as well as those more fortunate. He gave attention to the 
details of business and had superior judgment in determining 
what course to pursue in a given instance. 

Governor Powers gave more attention to his official duties 
while in Congress than would be expected of one of his age and 
extensive possessions. He took ([uite an interest in everything 
that was assigned to his committee in Congress and passed on 
every question after careful investigation. Few young men 
were more painstaking in research than he was. 

Governor Powers was solicitous always of the welfare of his 
familv and the education and the training of his children. He 



Address oj Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri 41 

talked to me a number of times about them. He had definite 
plans for his children. He was methodical and thoughtful 
about everything pertaining to their 'future, as he was about 
the business, official or otherwise, that came to him. 

He was a student of [lublic questions, and his opinions were 
worthy of the greatest consideration. While he was a Reinib- 
lican in politics and followed the leadership of his party, he 
had his own views and did that which in his judgment was best 
for his country. He said that he believed his party usually 
right, but if wrong in a given instance he would remonstrate, 
but unless conscience was involved he followed the final action 
of his party. 

Last year during the consideration of the currency measures 
he openlv announced his views in speeches on the floor and 
otherwise. He was so conscientious in his actions here that he 
asserted his differences as to a financial policy from his col- 
leagues and refused to accept what he believed to be a scheme 
which would fail to bring relief to the people. 

He was a man of good habits and lived an ui)right life. He 
had some decided views on religion. I remember of two con- 
versations in which the questions of Bible lessons were in- 
volved, and he expressed himself finnly in favor of the truth. 

Governor Powers has been missed more than most men here 
who leave us. He was especially hel])ful in counsel, but was a 
forceful and effective advocate on this floor as well. Death 
has claimed him as its victim. He has gone where his col- 
leagues one by one must soon follo\f , into the beyond. Separa- 
tions are sad, heartrending (o family and friends; but what of 
the morn? Shall man survive the grave? Shall the hereafter 
bring the happy realization of the unity of the family circle? 

It is not mv purpose to philosophize as to the future, but to 
express in this presence my good fortune in having the acquaint- 



42 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

ance and in enjoying the friendship of so good a man as Gov- 
ernor Powers. I regret his departure — it is a loss to me — but 
his life was helpful in its influence. Imperfections he may 
have had, but if so, bury them and rejoice in the good he did 
in public affairs and in private life. Cherish the good he did, 
emulate his righteous deeds, and remember always that a 
faithful public servant has passed away. 



Address oj Mr. Swasey, of Maine 43 



Address of Mr. Swasey, of Maine 

Mr. Speaker: 1 had not intended to occupy any time in this 
memorial ser\-ice, for 1 knew that my colleagues from Maine were 
more intimately acquainted with the life of Congressman and 
ex-Govemor Powers than I was. Our homes were hundreds of 
miles apart, and I had no acquaintance with him during his 
earlv life, except what I gained through comnmnication wilii 
his friends. Thirty-five years ago last January at our state 
capitol, at the inauguration of Hon. Nelson Dingley as governor 
of our State, was the first lime, as 1 now remember, that I ever 
met Llewellyn Powers. For three consecutive years in the 
legislature of Maine I served with him, and we w-ere assigned to 
manv of the joint and all of the special connnittees of those leg- 
islatures. It was an important period in Maine's legislation, 
'{"here were great and beneficial reforms inaugurated imder Go\'- 
ernor Dinglev. It was the first time that there had been a sug- 
gestion of taxation of public service corporations in our State. 
Important investigations into the previous financial manage- 
ment of our State were started. 

The revision of our state constitution was another of the im- 
portant measures. Under the wise leadership of Hon. Nelson 
Uingley, who served so many years with such honor and dis- 
tinction in this great body, we wrought great changes in our 
legislation, and in all Mr. Powers took an active leading part. 
Through the service upon those committees, associated as I was 
with Governor Powers, I early learned that he was, as has been 
said here repeatedly, an able lawyer, a man of wide information, 
a man of honest i)ur]K)Se and of strong convictions. His record 
is the best testimony that can be presented as to his life work in 



44 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

his home State, and the best evidence of the confidence reposed 
in him bv the people who knew him best. After his service in 
the legislature and his further more intimate acquaintance with 
the people of our State, the record of the immense majority by 
which he was chosen our chief executive is more to his credit, 
more evidence of the qualities and characteristics that brought 
him success, than any words I can offer. 

But, Mr. Speaker, I have been highly pleased, yea, eminently 
gratified to find that LlEW?Eli.vn Powers, after he had received 
all the honor that it was possible for his district and his State 
to confer upon him in a political sense, received here in this 
larger field of activity the implicit confidence and the large re- 
spect of the Members of this body, as evidenced by these eulo- 
gies which, now that he has passed through the valley of the 
shadow, have been so earnestly, honestly, and eloquently spoken 
on this occasion. 

In behalf of his constituency, in behalf of the sovereign people 
of Maine who had honored him again and again, I want to thank 
the .Members of this House for their words of comfort lo his 
family and friends, and for the honor to all who have been inter- 
ested in the great public career of LlEweli^vn Powers. 

1 want to thank the speakers further for what they have said 
in honor and remembrance of those whom we have sent from 
that State, situated as it is in the northeast corner of this great 
Union. It is unimportant, perhaps, in some respects, compared 
with other States of the Union, but 1 am proud to realize that, 
though small and unimportant, our people have been able to 
contribute in so large a measure to the growth, development, 
and glory of the American Republic. 



Address of Mr. Waldo, of \eu' York 45 



Address of Mr. Waldo, of New York 

IVJr. Speaker: In the death of our friend Llewellyn Powers 
this House has met with a distinct loss. 

Governor Powers was not one of the brilliant, show\- Mem- 
bers. He seldom took part in debate, and was not himself one 
of the introducers of great measures. He was, however, one of 
the constant, laborious, unostentatious workers upon whom the 
real business of a legislative body rests; a man always present 
at the meetings of committees to which he belonged, nearlv 
always in his seat at the opening of each dailv session of the 
House, and an attentive listener to the discussions on the floor. 
During the four years that we sat together in the House Com- 
mittee on Banking and Currency I came to know him well and 
to cherish for him a sincere friendship and regard. 

He was frank and outspoken in his sentiments and did nol 
hesitate to state strongly and vigorously his views upon meas- 
ures and questions that came before that committee. His long 
and successful experience in business and in public life had 
naturally made him somewhat conservative in regard to meas- 
ures for the reformation of our banking system. But when his 
experience and good judgment led him to believe a change in 
our present system was necessary and 'for the best interests of 
the banks and the piople, he was strong and unwavering in his 
support of such change. 

He was a man of great poise and self-control, and never let 
his support or opposition to measures in committee or on the 
floor of the House become a personal matter. Everyone felt 
that his support or oi)iK)sition was only an expression of his 
honest views u]K)n a public matter, wliicii our colleagues would 



46 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

not and did not allow to lessen his regard and esteem for other 
Members nor to interfere with their friendly relations. 

He was a good man, a good friend, a valuable citizen and 
Member of Congress who will long be missed and his death 
sincerely regretted by his fellow-Members. 

Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that all Members who desire to do so may have leave 
within the next twenty days to print remarks on the life, char- 
acter, and services of the late Representative Powers. 

The Spe.^ker pro tempore. Is there objection to the request 
of the gentleman from Tennessee? 

There was no objection. 

The Speaker pro tempore. In accordance with the reso- 
lutions already agreed to, and as a further mark of respect to 
our deceased colleague, this House stands adjourned until to- 
morrow at 12 o'clock noon. 

Accordingly (at i o'clock and 43 minutes p. m.) the House 
adjourned. 



PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. 

Tuesday, Diccmbcr 8, igo8. 

A message from the House of Represeiitalivcs, by Mr. Wil- 
liam J. Browning, its Chief Clerk, communicated to the vSenale 
the intelligence of the death of Hon. Llewellyn Powers, late 
a Representative from the State of Maine, and transmitti-d 
resolutions of the House thereon. 

Mr. GallingER. Mr. President, I venture to inquire if there 
are other resolutions of a similar nature to be offered. If not, 
in behalf of the senior Senator from Maine [Mr. Hale], I offer 
the following resolutions. 

The Vice-President. The resolutions submitted by the Sen- 
ator from New Hampshire will be read by the vSecretary. 

The resolutions were read, as follows: 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sensibility llie announce- 
ment of the death of Hon. Llewellyn Poweks, late a Rcprtsojitative 
from the State_ of Maine. 

Resolved, That as an additional mark of respect to the meniory of tlie 
Representative whose deatli has l^een annoiniccd the Senate do now 
adjourn. 

The \'icE-PRESinENT. The question is on agreeing to the 
resolutions submitted by the Senator from New Hampshire. 

Tile resolutions were unanimously agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock 
p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Wednesdav, 
December 9, 1908, at 12 o'clock meridiaiL 

Monday, February i, i()og. 
A message from the House of Representatives transmitted to 
the Senate resolutions commemorative of the life and public 
services of Hon. Llewellyn Powers, late a Representative 
from the State of Maine. 

47 



48 Proceedings in the Senate 

I'-RIUAV, February 5, igog. 

Mr. FryE. Mr. President, I desire to give notice that on Satur- 
day, February 27, I will ask the Senate to consider resolutions 
commemorative of the life and character of LlEwhluyn Pow- 
ers, late a member of the House of Representatives from the 
State of Maine. 

S.ATi'RD.w, Febntary 27, igoo. 

The Senate met at 1 1 o'clock a. m. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Edward E. Hale, offered the following 
prayer : 

Rcbo/d, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give 
every man according as his work shall be. 

Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may 
have right to the tree of lije, and may enter in through the gates 
into the city. 

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were 
dissolved, wv have a buildina of God. an house not made with hands, 
eternal in the heavens. 

Let us pray. 

Father, Thou liast taught us this by Thy word in all ages 
bv Thy well-beloved Son. To-day we are to go back in mem- 
ory to those who have served Thee here and are now serving 
Thee in the larger service of that other world. 

O God, be with us when we interjiret history. He with us 
Thou, when we look into the future to see what our own duty 
may be in these days that are before us. Show Thy servants in 
the Congress, show all persons in authority in the Nation, what 
it is to serve the living God and to bring in Th\- law for our law. 
Th\ rule for our ]iassion. Thy strength for our weakness, and 
Thv love to be with us always, that we may bear each other's 
burdens, that we may find the duty that comes next our hands, 
that we may enter into that service which is perfect freedom. 

We ask it as Thine own children. 



Proceedings in the Senate 49 

Our Father who art in htaxni, liallowcd he- Th\- iianif. 'Iln 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as 
we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into 
temptation, but deliver us from e^•il; for Thine is the Kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 

Mr. Frve. Mr. President, I offer the resolutions which I send 
to the desk. 

The \'ice-Presidext. The resolutions will be read. 

The resolutions were read, considered by unanimous consent, 
and unanimously agreed to, as follows: 

Kesohcd, That the Senate expresses its profound sorrow on account of 
the death of the Hon. LuEwellvn' Powers, late a Member of the House 
of Representatives from the State of Maine. 

Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended, in order 
that fitting tributes may be paid to his memory. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these resohitions 
to the House of Representatives and to the family of the deceased. 
78125 — H. Doc. 151.2,60-2 4 



Memorial addresses 



Address of Mr. Frye, of Maine 

Mr. President: The Powers family was rather a remarkable 
one. Arba Powers, a stalwart man physically and mentally, 
built for himself a log cabin in Maine, and from his home sent 
out into the world eight sons equally stalwart in mind and bodv. 
All of ihem, by their own exertions, aided onl\- b\- heredii\- and 
an early training in economy, thrift, and hard work, achieved 
success. 

Nearly all of them held important public offices in Maim- and 
elsewhere and discharged their official duties in a manner 
entirelyacceptable tothepeople. These log cabins have, I llnnk. 
made more valuable contributions to the Republic than have 
the homes of wealth and luxury. The oldest of these sons w-as 
Governor Powers, to whose memory we pav tribute to-dav. He 
had the advantage of education in our free schools, the first in 
the country having been established in the district of Maine. 

It is an interesting incident that William King, our first 
governor, an ardent friend of Thomas Jefferson, visited him at 
his home at Monticello before he eiHercd upon tlie duties of iiis 
office, and Jefferson, at his request, wrote the articU- in our 
Constitution which perpetuated our free-school svstem. 

Mr. Powers continued his studies in the academy; then for 
two years in Colby l'niversit\- ; then entered the Alban\' Law 
School, from which he graduated with lionor. Ik' eonnneneed 
the practice of the law at Iloulton, in Aroostook Count\-, the 



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northeast county of this countrw then mostl\ in wilderness, 
now said to be, in the value of its farm products, the fourth 
in the United States. 

He gained what in those days and in his State was a large 
and lucrative practice, so large that he was obliged to take as 
a partner his voungest brother, Frederick, who later on became 
a judge in our supreme court. Mr. Powers was a business man 
of great sagacity, of clear foresight, and invested his surplus 
earnings in wild lands, which became very valuable and made 
him a wealthv man. At the time of his death he was the lar- 
gest individual owner in Maine, having holdings amounting to 
200,000 acres. 

Mr. Powers was attorney for the State for the county of 
Aroostook from 1864 to 1871 ; collector of customs for the dis- 
trict of Aroostook from 1868 to 1872; a member of the house of 
representatives in Maine for six terms, during one of which 
he was speaker; was elected governor of Maine in i8g6 and re- 
elected in 1898. He was elected to the Forty-fifth Congress 
from the fourth district and elected to the Fifty-seventh Con- 
gress in .\pril, 1901, to fill the vacancv caused by the resigna- 
tion of Hon. Charles A. Boutelle, and to the Fifty-eighth and 
Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses. 

I was a Member of the House in the Forty-fifth Congress 
when Mr. Powers made his first speech. It commanded the 
attention of the House and made a favorable impression . While 
serving his State in its legislature he had a commanding infiu- 
ence in the enactment of important legislation. As governor he 
had strong convictions and the courage of them; he was fear- 
less, not parsimonious, but wisely economical; and liy his force- 
fulness, his tireless energy, his business sagacity, made his 
administration of the affairs of the State eminentl_\ satisfactory 
to the peoi)le, who reelected him by an increased majority. 



Address of Mr. Fryc, oj Maine 53 

Governor Powkrs was a first-rate. all-rouiKl lawver, the 
product. I think, niore freqiu'iitly of the coiiiUrx tlian of tiie citv 
practice. As an advocate he was forceful, exhaustive, and 
successful, if not eloquent. 

As a legislator, his clear vision and business sagacity, to- 
gether with his accurate legal knowledge and c(5ninianding pres- 
ence, compelled attention and rendered him effective. 

He was an ardent Republican, a firm believer in the protec- 
tion policy, loyal to all of the fundemantal ])rinciples of his 
party, and yet always tolerant to those difTering with him. 

He made hosts of friends and few enemies. Socially, he was 
very attractive, was a fine conversationalist, abounding in apt 
anecdote, and quick of wit. He was a devoted husband and a 
loving father. 

He fought well life's battles, and won more victories than fall 
to the lot of most men. In his death his couiUr\', his State, 
and his familv ha\e suffered a most serious loss. 



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Address of Mr. Sutherland, of Utah 

Mr. President: Of right and of necessity our concern is for 
the living rather than for the dead, because the living need U'- 
and the living we can help. The dead can onlv he held in 
affectionate remembrance. The span of our days upon this 
earth is short, and there is so much to be done by the living for 
the living that the task of doing it will ever remain our chief and 
most imperati\'e dut>'. Life itself is a series of battles, wherein 
each of us must play the soldier's part and assume the soldier's 
responsibility, contending with whatsoever weapons we can 
best use, accepting, if we are wise, the victories which we mav 
win without too much self-pride and the defeats which we mav 
suffer without loo much self-pity, and submitting at the end 
serenely, patiently, and cotirageously to the inevitable stroke 
of that final grim antagonist against whom no man can prevail. 
To one who has grown weary of the strife the stroke is some- 
times not unwelcome; but whether sweet or bitter, to-da\- or 
to- morrow or finally it comes to all, and the vacant places in the 
ranks are filled by new comrades and the battle goes on, for 
the militant business of the world must be done, whoever mav 
fall. While the stern necessities of the living will not ])erinil 
us to sit idly with the dead, it is fitting and proper that we jjause 
in the conflict and pay passing tribute to the memorv of those 
who, having borne with us the heat and the stress of the strug- 
gle, have passed on to their final rest. It is appropriate that 
we reverentl\' give expression lo our gratilu(k' for what thev 
did and our ap])reciation of what they were. For this ]iurpose 
we are here this afternoon. 



Address of Mr. Sutherland, of Utah 55 

!Mr. President, it was tny good fortune to meet Governor 
PowKRS very soon after I became a .Menil)er of the House of 
Representatives in the Fifty-seventh Congress, and dnring llie 
sessions which ensued I became intimately acquainted witli him. 
He was a man of striking personaHty. His face and figure were 
so sufficientls' out of the ordinary that tlu-y will not soon be 
forgotten, and both are very clearly in my mind to-day. His 
frarhe was strong, almost massive; his head large and well 
formed; his features rugged, strong, furrowed with deep lines. 
His face, when in repose, gave an impression of sternness, but 
was full of enchanting kindliness when illumined with the smile 
that always came at the word of a friend — a face, withal, full 
of character, expressive, thoughtful, which at once and instinc- 
tively inspired confidence and trust. His manner to all was 
gentleness and courtesy personified. "He was by nature social — 
a lover of his fellows. He was a good conversationalist and a 
good listener, which is sometimes a more amiable, if rarer, 
accomplishment. He could tell a good story or listen to one 
with keen and intelligent appreciation. His good nature was 
infectious. 

Mentally, he was, I 'thought, more sound than alert. He did 
not come to a decision quickly. His conclusions were not intui- 
tive, but the result of ])atient. deliberate, jiainstaking, Intel 
lectual effort. .Vlmost as a necessary consequence, having ar 
rived at a determination respecting the merits of a proposition, 
he was immovable, albeit he was not dogmatic or stubborn. 
He listened to the views of others with an opin mind; he did 
not differ for the mere sake of difference. He was an earnest 
j)artisan in the highest and best sense. .V Republican all his 
life, the traditions and principles of that great party had been 
woven in the very warp and woof of his character, and yet he 
never hesitated to voice his disagreement whenever his party 
declared for something lie could not indorse; but when he disa- 



56 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

greed it was reluctantly, regretfully. Always he gave his own 
party the benefit of the doubt. 

It is a trite thing to say of any citizen of the Re]niblic that he 
is patriotic. That is the normal attitude, thank Ciod, of all our 
people. It is equally a trite thingHo say of any properly con- 
sliluted man that he is humane. That is the common attribute 
of our modern civilization. But a good many people are patri- 
otic in sentiment and humane in feeling who are neither in 
practice when the practice entails personal sacrifice. Governor 
Powers believed that love of country was not a mere abstrac- 
tion, but a deep and holy sentiment for which one should be 
willing to give his time and strength and property and, if need 
be, his life. When war was declared with Spain he was the 
governor of his State. He was urged to call a special session of 
the legislature in order that an appropriation might be made to 
equip and supply a regiment of volunteers for service in the 
field. This he declined to do, because of the great expense an 
extra session would involve, but instead he went into his own 
pocket and paid out of his personal means the great sum which 
was required to properly equip the troops and send them to the 
front. That the legislature at its next regular session promptly 
reimbursed him detracts in no measure from the generosity and 
patriotism of his act. There' was no legal obligation on their 
part to do so, and most men would probably have called the 
legislature together instead of taking upon their own shoulders 
the burden and responsibility which he assumed without regard 
to the consequences. 

He was strongly opposed to capital punishment . He t bought , 
as many others have thought, that the poorest use to jnake of 
even a bad man is to kill him. The object of punishment for 
crime is threefold — to retorm the criminal, to protect society 
against a repetition of the crime, and to deter others from com- 
mitting like offenses. Capital jiunishment does none of these. 



Address oj Mr. Sutherland, of Utah 37 

'I'hc dcatli 1)1" tin- oriniiual pRiludts ii'loriiiation; socictx is 
effectuallv ])rotected by permanently depriving the criminal (jf 
his liberty, and life imprisonment operates as a deterrent quite 
as well as capital punishment. Sheep stealing was at one time 
a capital offense in England, but sheep stealing was as jjopular 
when the punishment was death as it has ever been since that 
punishiiK-nt was abolished. Organized society has no more 
right to take human life as a matter of vengeance than has the 
individual. This was the way in which the matter presented 
itself to the mind of Governor Powers, and as a member of the 
judiciary committee of the state house of representatives he 
succeeded in impressing his views upon his colleagues, with the 
result that his bill abolishing capital punishment in Maine was 
reported to the house and subsequently enacted into law. 

This upright man and splendid citizen, having ser\'ed ills 
State and country with signal success and distinguished honor 
as legislator, as governor, and as Congressman for more than 
thirtv vears, on the 28th day of last July, passed from the eon 
flicts of this world into the rest of the world that is to be. 

What lies beyond the grave it has not been given us to know. 
The old, old question, at once the most pitiful and the most 
stupendous inquiry of the human race, echoing from the lijis of 
Job through the vanished and the vanishing years, is to-day, 
as of old, the passionate and sometimes despairing cry of the 
human heart — "If a man die, shall he live again?" Science 
has measured and weighed the stars, analyzed the sunbeam, 
caught the rhythm and the music of the waves of sound, 
wrested from nature her choicest and most closely guarded 
secrets, and enslaved liir most subtle and ])owcrful forces, but 
to this one question she gives no answer which carries either 
hope or conviction. The lips of the young asking "whence" 
and of the old inquiring "whither" are alike unanswered, 
l-'aith alone vouchsafes a reply. Somewhere in the innermosl 



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sanctuar)- of the self there is something vvhicli assures us that 
at the end we shall find a door and not a wall. The vast 
majority of mankind, when told that ilature at the very heart 
is dead, experiences that fainting of the soul that comes in the 
presence of a supreme falsehood. Every cell and every nerve 
instinct with life cries out against it. 

What, then, am I, 

An infant crying in the night, 

An infant crying for the Ught, 
And witli no language Inil a cry? 
***** 

My own dim Ufe should teach me this: 

That life shall live for evermore, 

Else earth is darkness at the core, 
And dust and ashes all that is. 

We Stand upon a mountain top and look down long stretches 
of undulating forest, over grass-grown meadows and peaceful 
pastures filled with slow-moxdng and contented herds; we see 
the lordly river stretching like a ribbon of silver with long 
vistas of shimmering shallows and shadowed banks; we lift our 
eyes to the blue sky, and see here a fantastic cloud and there a 
hawk lazily drifting with outstretched and motionless wing. 
Our senses thrill with the glory of the vision; but the majesty 
of mountain, the beauty of field and river, the splendor of the 
sky, the witchery of cloud and sunlight and shifting shadow 
are not in the eye or the brain or the body of the beholder, but 
in the soul. We close our eyes, and the scene is gone from the 
phvsical sight, but we behold it, nevertheless, softened and sub- 
dued, vet filled with a tender and dreamful lovehncss, still pic- 
tured in the marvelous gallery of the mind. Then may we not 
l)elicve that, when the darkness of death is come and the cells 
of the brain go back to dust, a conscious something, above and 
bevond all nerves and tissues and cells and brain, which saw 
the pictuix" and hung it in the memory, will mount from this 
earthly night of death inlo the light of the eternal morning? 



Address of Mr. Smith, of Michigan 59 



Address of Mr. Smith, of Michigan 

Mr. President: In the busy whirl of hlV, with its trials and 
exactions, we pause to pay a tribute to the tneniory of one of 
our late colleagues in the House of Representatives. 

Llewellyn Powers, for many years a Representative in Con- 
gress from the St&te of Maine, served with honor and credit to 
his Commonwealth and to the country. Maine has been limited 
in its geographical area, and almost unlimited in its material 
resources and seemingly inexhaustible in its wealth of able and 
distinguished men, many of whom have been chosen because of 
their special fitness for public place, and retained in the service 
with credit to the vState which conunissions them as long as they 
have been willing to ser\-e. 

Think of a State which has within a generation contributed to 
the public service a Fessenden and a Hamlin, a Blaine and a 
Reed and a Dingley, and is now so honorably represented by 
our colleagues, Senator Hale and Senator Frye, than whom there 
are no more able, conscientious, upright, worthy, or inlluential 
men. 

1 consider myself fortunate to have served with many of these 
men in the latter years of their public service. Reed and Dingley 
and Houtclle and Milliken were all colleagues of mine in the 
House of Representatives, and I learned something from each 
of them. I consider the country most fortunate to-day to be 
guided, as it often is, by the i)ractical common sense and the 
wise experience of the distinguished Senators from Maine now 
in this Chamber. True to her high traditions, Maine commis- 
sioned our late colleague for duty here. 



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Mr. PowiiRS first entered public life as a young man, and 
retired after one term in Congress. He carried his shrewti com- 
mercial instincts into the bus\' world of affairs and made a busi- 
ness success of life. Later returning, after serving as goxernor 
of his State, he entered again into the activities of legislative 
life. I consider that we were fortunate indeed in his legislative 
companionship. He was modest and unpretentions, yet he was 
firm and substantial. He made few tenders of his sympathy or 
kindliness of nature, but no one could come in contact with him 
and fail to appreciate that he was one of natui'e's truest men. 

Mr. President, death places its hand upon all that lives, and 
in calling Llewellyn Powers from an ideal home life and the 
activities and responsibilities of private and public employment 
nature drafted an honorable and a worthy son. His personality 
will long be missed in the House of Representatives and among 
those who loved him. 

I simply desire to pay my tribute to his lofty character, his 
usefulness, and his fidelity, and 1 shall long remember the 
pleasure and the satisfaction I have taken in our companionship 
and association here. 



Address of Mi . Dixon, of Montana 6i 



Address of Mr. Dixon, of Montana 

Mr. President: Llevvellvx Towers was horn in Pittsfield, 
Me., December, 1836, the eldest of ten children. He was 
descended from a family that had been prominent in New Eng- 
land for many generations, and whose name frequently appears 
on the muster rolls of the Continental Army. Born on a farm, 
he was educated in the common schools and academies of his 
native State and at CoIb\- University. He entered the Alban\- 
Law School and graduated therefrom in i860. He immediately 
returned to Maine and began the practice of liis profession at 
Iloulton. the county seat of Aroostook County. Of splendid 
physiciue. affable in manner, temperate in his habits, and indus- 
trious in his profession, front rank at the local bar was soon 
attained. 

Like most voung lawyers, he was soon attracted to the field 
of local ])olitics. In 1.S64. four years after being admitted to 
till- Ijar, he was ilected prosecuting allonie\' of liis comUv. and 
was twice reelected to the same position. He held the ])osition 
of United States collector of customs for four years. In tlie 
earlv seventies he was sent to the Maine legislature for three 
consecutive terms and tiieii elected as a Representative to the 
Federal Congress, serving one term in that body along witii a 
disthiguished delegation from the Stale of Maine which num 
bered among its members such men as James G. Blaine, William 
1'. Frye, and Eugene Hale. 

Defeated for reelection in the greenback agitation of 1878, he 
again took up the ])ractice of his profession. Twelve years later 
he again entered public life as a meml)er of his state legislature. 



62 Memorial Addresses: Llewellyn Powers 

serving again three terms, during tiie last of which he was 
elected speaker. 

Then followed his election as governor in 1896 and his reelec- 
tion in 1898 by a majority of nearly 50,000. A few months 
after his retirement as governor he was again elected a Member 
of Congress, where he ser\^ed continuously until his death on 
July 28, 1908. 

Elected by the people of his own district three times as prose- 
cuting attorney, six times as a member of the legislature, and 
five times a ]\Iember of Congress, his actual time spent in the 
public service covered a period of a quarter of a century. 

Unlike most men who devote so much of their lives to the 
public business, Governor Powers was also most successful in 
his own private business affairs. By his own exertions and 
good business judgment he accumulated a private fortune of 
considerable magnitude. Coming from a State justly celebrated 
for the sound conser\'atism of its people, he was by nature, blood, 
and training well fitted for the position of one of the leaders, 
both in business and political affairs. 

* It was my pleasure to have ser\'ed with him for four years in 
the other end of this Capitol. The Maine delegation, famous 
for a century past for its strong membership in both Houses of 
the Federal Congress, was then famous for having three ex- 
governors of the State in a delegation of only four members. 

Governor Powers was a striking figure in that body, compris- 
ing a membership of nearly 400 men, the directly chosen Repre- 
sentatives of 90,000,000 people. Large and well-proportioned 
physically, swarthy of complexion, a massive head crowned 
with a shock of raven-black hair, he attracted notice among his 
fellow-Members. He was most genial in his manner, conser\'a- 
tive in his speech, and fair in his judgment of both men and 
measures. Measured bv anv standard, his life was a success- 



Address of Mr. Dixon, of Montana 63 

fill one. In business affairs, in the legal profession, and in the 
public sendee he had achivcd distinction in all. 

At the close of their life this can be said of but few men. 
Most men whom the world calls successful ha\"e only achic\'cd 
success along some one line of action. Our so-called great and 
successful men have nearly always been deficient in some things. 

To his wife and children, to his State, and to the Nation 
Llewellyn Powers has left a record of an industrious, well- 
spent, well-ordered, and successful life. 

vSo long as men of his type shall be selected as the chosen 
leaders of the people of the respective States of this Republic, 
all is well. 



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Amass m KlIm^i 

Mr, VtePMVEui : I bad hoped to secnre sooie bet- a a family 
J ■ jt the Pa»reis iaaSx m Maim a t>-pical 

,',; ,„.,, , ,^., ...;.% a hcMsefaold that is the real tTiea New 

Iw^huui life, V/ut the inquims wfakh I have made a to detaik 
)(av«' rniMed their way, and I can ouh' say here tht our col- 
l«a>{ut, Governor Powers, n^as the natural and di'inguished 
r«i;ri-<«-ntalive fjf the New England family and fan life and 
<rf Tialure's stimulating siuroundings. and that it -is disrin- 
i{iii<»hed as have been ver>' few Maine families. 1 had the 
iii!»i;iratifjn, the best inspiration for youth, of co itr>' life. 
country associations, of the training and education lat come 
ill New Ivn^land, I know in Maine, from the district hool and 
Ihc aca<Jc-niy and the religious and moral teaching that go 
witli a sfjU-r and temperate community. 

Tln' I'owcrs homestead was the seat of plain bi ample 
nnintry liospitaljty. The neighbors gathered there; he min- 
is! t-rs in their rounds came to the Powers house; the oys and 
I he (/ills, as IJK-y were born and reared, imbibed all tl health- 
liii iiilliiciici'S that come from such a life; and when he day 
iMiiic Mild iIk V went afar from home life and joined ii the We 
III' I hi' larger world they were found equal to any occa>)n. 

Til'' l:iiiiily furnished distinguished lawyers and kislators 
iiii'l 111. u of large and sagacious business minds, an. stands 
lo (lav in my mind as one of the best products of New ngland 
iiiicl Maine eouiidN life. One of the family was a n st dis- 
liiiKiiisiied ineinher of the supreme court of Maine, and nen he 
volmihiiilv ivlind from iluU high place it was to the rrret of 
•'" "111 |»'..ple. oilKMs of the Powers family have jcied in 



Address of Mr. Hale, of Maine 65 

laking the record of Maine in business and in legislation and 

1 social life, and all have been active and influential factors. 

There was none superior to the Governor. That is our.fash- 

m, Mr. President, in Maine. A man who has once been gov- 

nor with us is always "Governor." He may be a Member 

the House of Representatives, but wt- call him "Governor." 

e mav come to the Senate, but he is "Governor." He mav 

) to the Cabinet, or even to higher places, and I fancv we 

lould always think of him and address him as "Governor." 

) Mr. Powers was always to the people of Maine, from the 

me that he ser\"ed in our highest chief magistracy, "Governor" 

JWERS. 

What my colleague has said of him, and what other Senators 
lio shared in the pleasure of his acquaintance have said, is 
ue. He was a leading and influential ligure wherever he was 
en. He was intelligent and faithful in his duties, courageous 
: his standing b>- his beliefs and convictions, and was never a 

gligible factor. In Maine, whether in its legislature or as 

highest executive otTicer, or in Congress in the House of 

epresentatives, upon whatever comnnttee he sen,'ed, and 

lerever he appeared and was seen and known, he had weight, 

had consideration. He was of importance not by intru- 

: 'U, for, as one of the Senators has just said most fittingly, he 

s by nature, while courageous and outspoken, a modest and 
i-er\-ed man. But wherever he was, he was of account. 

We were proud of him in Maine, Mr. President. We were 
! )ud of his position in Congress, of the increasing weight of 
1. character and his counsel as the \-ears went by; and it was 
vth a sense of great loss that ilaine gave him u\i as a public 
s vant. 

He had in him great elements of what I may call the practi- 
Ci, shrewd side of New England character. He was not easily 
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moved in business or in politics or socially from what he be- 
lieved to be the true and the practical course. It was shown 
in his business life. I knew him always quite intimately, from 
the time when he began practicing as a young lawyer in a 
young country shire town. He gained, in the estimation of his 
neighbors, friends and clients, and the people as a lawyer, as a 
business man (and was almost infallible in his judgment as to 
investments), the returns that would legitimately come to a 
young man from his growing resources. 

He was at last, as my colleague has said, one of the largest 
owners of valuable lands in the State of Maine, and he was 
worth, I suppose — what with us is a large fortune — a million 
dollars. He was not penurious. While he was frugal and sa\- 
ing, he had a large and generous mind. 

I shall miss him, Mr. President, very greatly, because, com- 
ing from the same part of the State, we were thrown together 
closely; and I think I may say that in the years I have known 
him, with increasing regard, for more than forty years, we had 
no differences. He and I in political matters, in matters 
touching state interests, and what was of most account to oui 
people, traveled together. 

All of this companionship, Mr. President, all of this associa- 
tion, will dwell with me as- long as I continue in public life. 
My colleague and I have had an unusually long service in Con- 
gress; I think I may say an unusually friendly and cordial 
service together. We have seen nearly everybody who has 
come here with us and in the other House disappear. Neither 
to him nor to nie will the renuiant of our days be the same wilh 
the new men. He and 1 will welcome them and act with tluni 
so far as we can helpfully, but we shall miss the departed, and 
none will we miss more than Governor Powi:ks. 

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